INDIANA HORTICULTURE CDE QUALIFYING EXAM

SELF-POLLINATION OCCURS WHEN POLLEN IS

• TRANSFERRED FROM ONE PLANT TO ANOTHER

• TRANSFERRED ON THE SAME PLANT

• TRANSFERRED FROM DIFFERENT SPECIES OF PLANTS

• SELF-POLLINATION CANNOT OCCURE

WHICH LANDSCAPE PLANTS HAVE AN UNDISTRIBUTED BALL OF SOIL AROUND THEIR ROOTS.

• MACHINE-BALLED

• BARE-ROOT

• BALLED AND BURLAPPED

• CONTAINERIZED

MOST SOIL TESTING LABS RECOMMEND THAT YOU CHECK THE STATUS OF YOUR SOIL

• EVERY YEAR

• EVERY 3 TO 5 YEARS

• EVERY 10 YEARS

• WHENEVER YOU START SEEING PROBLEMS IN YOUR PLANTS.

PINCHING ANNUALS AS WELL AS REMOVING FADED BLOOMS PROMOTES

• DISEASE PROBLEMS

• LUSH HEAVY FOLIAGE

• INCREASED FLOWERING

WHEN FLOWERS ARE POLLINATED AND FERTILIZATION IS SUCCESSFUL

• THE PLANT WILTS

• THE PLANTS BECOME A RICHER GREEN

• A FRUIT FORMS

THE SEED OF PARSLEY HAS A TOUGH OUTER SHELL THAT TAKES UP TO ____________ WEEKS TO SOFTEN.

• 1

• 3

• 5

TURF CAN SURVIVE IN DORMANT CONDITIONS WITHOUT A SIGNIFICANT THINNING OF TURF FOR:

• 1 WEEK

• 2 TO 4 WEEKS

• 4 TO 6 WEEKS

• 8 WEEKS

CUCURBITS INCLUDE;

• CUCUMBER

• WATERMELON

• PUMPKIN

• ALL OF THE ABOVE

AFRICAN VIOLETS GROW BEST WITH A NIGHT TEMPERATURE OF;

• 40-50 DEGREES

• 50-60 DEGREES

• 65-70 DEGREES

BULBS CAN BE CLASSIFIED AS EITHER

• WEAK OR STRONG

• HARDY OR TENDER

• DOMINANT OR RECESSIVE